Auto Repairman Shot After Christmas Club Shooting
A Seymour incident leaves Augustus Brown dead from three gunshot wounds at the Seymour Independent Club. Peter Babbage, a local custodian, is held in Jackson County jail awaiting grand jury action after allegedly admitting the shooting. Parffin test performed. investigators pursue further facts for the grand jury.
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Peter Babbage
Ellis
Augustus
George W. Abel
Seymour
John M. Lewis
PF. Tower
Jackson County
Brown
Babbage
Hopkinsville
Elks’ Club
Quarantine Posted Over Christmas at Walter Kloeker Home
City health authorities posted the Walter Kloeker residence at 616 West Brown Street for diphtheria during the Christmas holiday. Delmar Kloeker is ill with the disease.
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Walter Kloeker
West Brown Street
Delmar Kloeker
Man Dies After Crash Near City During Christmas Holiday
A fatal crash near Seymour leaves Charles Hurst, 70, of Indianapolis dead after a tire blowout on U S Route 31 in Bartholomew County. His wife Louise M. Hurst is seriously injured. Police report another minor accident on the same highway with two cars sideswiping. one car overturns but occupants escape injury.
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Seymour
Charles Hurst
Indianapolis
U. S. Road 31
Bartholomew County
Jackson-Bartholomew County
Louise M. Hurst
Louisville
Robert N. Bush
Connersville
Dean Kloss
Chestnut Street
F. P. Brown
Miriam Bender
Ewing
Baptismal Service Planned Sunday at Muscatatuck School
A baptismal service will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Muscatatuck State School near Butlerville conducted by Rev Edward Hoeferkamp pastor of Jonesville Lutheran Church. About forty advanced grade patients will be baptized after a year of instruction with choirs from Seymour and Columbus Lutheran churches singing. Assisted by Rev Robert Schulz of Waymansville, the service takes place in the school building and all are invited.
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Muscatatuck State School
Butlerville
Edward Hoeferkamp
Jonesville
Hoeferkamp
Thefts From Local Autos Continue
Thefts from Sey mour automobiles are reported nightly as cars parked on city streets are broken into. Police say a group of thirteen boys linked to the incidents may not include all offenders. James Utterback reported an overcoat stolen from his car on Calvin Boulevard and George McVey said a case of beer was taken from his unattended vehicle.
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Seymour
James Utterback
Calvin Boulevard
George McVey
Christmas Activity Halts for Joy in War Time
The American Legion with Good Cheer Fund volunteers distributed 386 baskets and boxes of food toys and candy across the city aided by Noblitt Sparks employees. Twelve trucks delivered gifts as churches held special services and the city saw its heaviest holiday shopping to date with some stores closing early.
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American Legion
Legion Committee
Little Hearts
Noblitt-Sparks
Christ Child
Dealers In Dark On New Tire Ban
Officers say compliance with the tire sale ban was general and they will monitor violations of the federal order. The moratorium extension to January 4 heightens dealer tension as they await details of enforcement. A state director of automobile tire priorities was appointed by Governor Sehricker, signaling likely rigid restrictions to come.
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Sehricker
Relatives in U S Navy and Army Safe in Pacific
Christmas news brings safety reports from local families with relatives serving in the Pacific. Mrs. Charles Moore and two sons learn husband and father is safe. Loris Me Pike and another son Irvin Me Pike are praised for safety and progress. John Downing, an ensign, is confirmed safe in the combat area.
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United States Army
Pacific
Charles Moore
Don
Richard
J. H. Brethaner
Moore
U.S. Naval Reserve
Philippine
George W. Me- Pike
Norman
Loris Me- Pike
U.S. Naval Air Force
Pavilic
F. Irvin Me- Pike
Texas
Air Corps Technical School
Scott Field
Belleville
John Downing
U.S. Navy
Ralph Downing
Child Born Christmas Day at Schneck Memorial
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vance of 710 East Second Street welcomed a son born at 5:05 AM on Christmas morning at Schneck Memorial Hospital. It was the only birth reported on Christmas Day.
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Arthur Vance
East Second Street
Schneck Memorial Hospital
U. S. Senator Says One Third War Cost May Be Financed
Senator George (Ga) stated the United States might finance about one third of the war cost from current revenues despite tax hikes. He noted a 1,131,675,000 non defense cut and potential new taxes would still leave the budget unbalanced. He warned against drastic taxation and urged avoiding wild tax schemes.
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Washington
United States
George
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Tie
Pearl Harbor
435 Baskets and Boxes Delivered by Seymour Post
The Seymour Post of the American Legion via the Good Cheer Fund distributed 435 baskets and boxes of toys nuts candy and food to 386 children. The American Legion and Legion Auxiliary sent 22 and 27 baskets of food respectively. Twelve distribution tracks handled 810 pounds of candy 650 pounds of nuts eight bushels of apples and five crates of oranges.
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Seymour Post
The
American Legion
Good Cheer Fund
Legion Auxiliary
Senators discuss peace terms after victory in war
Associated Press reports senators outline postwar plans. Lucas calls for stripping Japan of influence for 1000 years and links peace to destroying Hitlerism. Davis favors a steel wall around Japan and aiding China as a stabilizing force in the orient. Norris proposes disarming foes first and feeding survivors, then shaping a long-term peace. Clark, once critical of policy, now hints at negotiations after fighting ends.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lucas
Japan
Germany
Italy
Davis
R-Pa
China
Orient
Norris
Ind-Neb
Clark
D-Ida
Woolen Mills Workers Share in 5000 Dollar Bonus
Seymour Woolen Mills employees received a 5000 dollar bonus when the plant closed for Christmas. The bonus was based on hours worked during the last six months, following a similar distribution issued for the first half of the year.
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Seymour Woolen Mills
Eyewitness view of fighting on Lingayen front in Philippines
Manila report describes Japanese troops at Lingayen coast charging with little equipment and young ages. An American commander recalls disciplined, doomed advances as heavy fire mowed down many attackers and soldiers fell with arms raised.
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Manila
Lingayen
Manila Declared Open City As Japanese Advance Threatens
General MacArthur today declared Manila an open city to spare it from bombardment by Japanese forces as American and Filipino troops retreat from Luzon beachheads. Officials in Baguio were authorized to negotiate similar terms for the mountains, while Sayre announced he would move his office outside Manila. Hong Kong fell to Japan while Singapore faced new pressure as British lines held 300 miles north.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Luzon Island
Baguio
Francis B. Sayre
United States
MacArthur
Philippines
Sayre
Britain
Hongkong
Singapore
Washington
Senate
Churchill
State Department
Christmas Bloodshed in Indiana Claims Eighteen Lives
Eighteen people died in Indiana over Christmas Eve and Day, eleven in traffic accidents as Yuletide crowds filled streets. Garfield Burden, 59, of Evansville, and his three sons Avery 35 Basil 32 Billy 30 died when the Dixie Flyer rail line struck their car. Fox hunter Kermit Sumitson 32 of Crawford County also died in the same period.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Evansville
Avery
Basil
Billy
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Dixie Flyer
Kermit Sumitson
Crawford County
Son Missing in Pacific War as Ensign Herbert Menges Reported
Mr and Mrs Charles Menges of Louisville report their son Ensign Herbert Menges in the air corps is missing in the Pacific area. His mother Lena Sietker formerly of Rockford.
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Charles Menges
Louisville
War Department
Herbert
Air Corps
Pacific
Menges
Lena Sietker
Rockford
Christmas theft shatters two families in 1941 Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a 7 year old and his 3 year old brother awoke to Santa not leaving gifts. A downstairs window was found open and the Christmas tree had been looted by a thief. Meanwhile in Madison Florida Corky Kelly age 19 months, son of Captain Colin P. Kelly Jr. received numerous gifts in a ceremony connected to his father.
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Philadelphia
Dee
David Colescott
Madison, Fla
Corky Kelly
Colin P. Kelly
Corky
Chil
Acts of Heroism Bring 10 V8 to Hawaii Evacuees
Hundreds of evacuees and wounded were convoyed safely through submarine infested waters to Hawaii. Passenger ships wore blue war paint, lifebelts were worn, and planes circled as they approached the Golden Gate. Ships zigzagged off the California coast to avoid submarines, with dramatic scenes at pier entrances.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Hawaii
Golden Gate
California
Man Fined for Drunk Driving After Crash
Kenneth Stageman of Anderson pleaded guilty in city court to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after his car crashed injuring two people. He was fined 10 dollars and costs totaling 20, and his dew er's license suspended five days by Mayor Stanley A Switzer. Mrs. Martin Horney of Ferdinand sustained a fractured left arm. her son Iva Horney of Cincinnati suffered cuts. Olive Temple of (location) was another occupant.
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Kenneth Stageman
Anderson
North Vernon
Dewer
Stanley A. Switzer
Sehneck Memorial Hospital
Martin Horney
Ferdinand, Ind
Surenkamp Rites Set For Mrs Anna Lambing Surenkamp
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Lambing Surenkamp aged seventy four will be held at 1 30 PM Saturday from the family home 726 West McDonald Street and at 2 PM from Immanuel Lutheran Church with Rev E F Streufert officiating Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery Friends may call at the home The deceased is survived by eight in age several brothers and sisters and other relatives
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Anna Lambing Surenkamp
Walter G. Surenkamp
West McDonald Street
Immanuel Lutheran Church
E. FE. Streufert
Surenkamp
Churchill Addresses Congress On War Production And Resolve
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told a crowded Senate chamber that the United States and Britain would increase war power production to decisive levels within 12 to 18 months. He challenged Axis powers with questions on their status and warned of a lasting lesson for the world, praising American confidence in final victory.
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Washington
Winston Churchil
Great Britain
Senate
Churchill
Supreme Court
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Fire damages dwelling of A. J. Speckner in Seymour
A brick residence at 622 Carter Street owned by Mr and Mrs A J Speckner suffered a dry fire shortly before 1 p m. The fire started near the stair head and burned the stairway to the roof while the interior and kitchen were badly smoked. Seymour fire department connected a water line from Laurel and Carter to fight the blaze.
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A. J. Speckner
Carter Street
Seymour
Laurel and
Carter Streets
Doctor Graessie joins Home Savings board after death
Dr H P Graessie was named to fill the vacancy on the Home Savings and Loan Association board created by the death of Edward Petterman. The appointment was announced this afternoon at the time of the association's annual meeting prior to a press identification.
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H. P. Graessie
The
Home Savings and Loan Association
Edward (. Petterman
Weather records show river level and temps at readings
The report notes a minimum temperature reading and a 2 pm reading, with the river stage at 1 foot above the low water mark.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Ae Seymour Water Co
Rockford
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